Improvement in scale and balance stands



I B. munoocfi. Scale and Balance Stands.

Patented June 29,1875.

N0. I-65,H4.

THE GRAPHIC CD.PHOT0.L|TH.35&4I PARK PLACE,N.V.

UNITED STATE PATENT OFFICE.

'tIOHARD MURDOOI-I, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

'IMPROVEMENT'IN SCALE AND BALANCE-STANDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 165, [14, dated June29, 1875 application filed August 31, 1874.

, tion; and Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, views of parts in detail, showingvarious modifications of the same.

Similar letters of reference in the accompanying drawings denote thesame parts.

The object of my invention is to provide a portable and convenient standfor suspending spring or other balances in which the scale or pan isimmediately under the point of suspension of the balance, and the standreadily removable from place to place 5 and to this end my inventionconsists, first, in the employment of a balance-stand having a U-shapedbase, fitting over a corresponding opening in a counter or bench, and anupright rem ovably attached to the base, and having a horizontal arm, towhich the weighing devices are adjustably attached.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a counter, provided with anopening, 0, preferably of a U-shaped form, around the upper edges ofwhich is fitted the similarlyformed base B of the balance-stand, theformer being provided with perforated lugs d d, by means of which thebase may be securely attached, by screws or their equivalents, to. thetop of the counter, and at the same time be readily removed therefromwhen desired. 0 is a step in the middle of the curve of the base B, inwhich is inserted the cylindrical end at of the upright O, which is heldsecurely in place by the screw D, but which can readily be removed, whendesired, by unscrewing the latter. The upper end of the removableupright O is provided with a horizontal arm, E, having at its outer endthe perforated projectin g piece a, which receives the adjustable rodZ), held in place by the screw 0, and provided at its lower end with ahook, h, to which is attached, by a loop, the scale-beam J, the smallerend of which may pass through the slot I in the bent arm H, as seen inFig. 1; or the scale-beam may be reversed, and the removable arm F(attached to the horizontal arm E by a nut and screw) may be attached tothe latter, the smaller end of the scalebeam, in this instance, passingthrough the slot K in the arm G, the arm H being removed.

By this construction of parts the beam may readily be reversed, asdesired, and at the same time the point of suspension of the beam isretained in the same position over the opening in the counter, thelatter allowing the weighing of long bodies reaching nearly to thefloor. The point of suspension of the weighing device can be raised orlowered by raising or lowering the rod 1), and, when adjusted, it isretained in position by the setscrew 0.

It is obvious that in lieu of a scale-beam, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3, aspring-balance may be applied to the hook on the rod b.

If it is desired to attach the balance to a wall, pillar, or otherupright part of the store, the upright can be detached from its base,and can be employed as a crane for this purpose. To eliect this resultthe upright 0 may be vertically attached to the wall by means of twoperforated brackets, 02 n, situated one directly above the other, andattached directly to the wall, as seen in Fig. 5, the cylindrical endsat m at the ends of the upright engaging with the perforations in theupper horizontal parts of the brackets n n. Preferably, however, lemploy a metal or other plate, S, (see Fig. 2,) hung vertically to thewall by a hook or otherwise, the plate being provided with perforatedbrackets 12 a for the reception of the oylindrical ends 122 m of theupright C.

In Fig. 4: I have represented the removable upright, having the arm Einclined upwardly, and provided at its upper end with an orifice for thereception of the adjustable rod I), havin g a hook at its lower end, towhich a springbalance andscale are attached. The hooked rod isadjustable to raise or lower the scale, and the upright is removablefrom its step,

and may beapplied to the brackets 12 a when t represents a scale,provided with a con- I cave bottom and end flanges t t, to which thebails t t made separate, are hinged.

By this construction the bails may be folded down on the scale into acompact form when not in, use.

I claim as my invention- 1. The balance-stand herein described,consisting of the removable U-shaped base B, removable upright 0,horizontal arm 13), provided with the vertically-adjustable hook-rod I),from which the scale-beam J is suspended,

and the removable arms F G and H I, constructed and operating as and forthe purposes set forth.

2. The removable upright 0, having the arm E, provided with thevertically-adjustable hook rod b, for suspending and adjusting thescale-beam J, as set forth.

RICHARD MURDOUH.

Witnesses G120. J. KREIS, J. KAHN.

